Re: [mmse] Adding a footnote yields a infinite loop.

[Bjarni Ingi Gislason]

On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 12:37:56PM +0100, hbezemer--- via wrote:
>[...]
> A4 is de facto the standard for all documents in Europe.
> (Since A4 and letter don't differ that much in size, I mostly use the default 
> although the documents get printed on A4 paper.)
>[...] 

  The default in "tmac/troffrc" is:

.\" Handle paper formats on typesetting devices.
.if t .do mso papersize.tmac

  Formatting with page format "letter" and printing on an A4 paper,
makes the footer too big (high, extra empty lines).

  When "groff" is configured, the variable "PAGE" is (should be) set to
the default paper format for the default printer.

  So the variable "paper" in "papersize.tmac" should have the same
value as "$PAGE".

  With, for example, this addition to "tmac/troffrc" before reading the
"papersize.tmac":

.if t \{\
.  do if !d paper .do ds paper A4\" use $(PAGE) to configure
.\}

See also bug #62238 (closed).